Why did Surrey’s Rahim Tafazolli pick up the phone to the chief executive of the Connected Digital Economy Catapult? And why did Nottingham’s Paul Bhatia approach the Satellite Applications Catapult? Adam Smith reports on two university-catapult success stories.
The UK’s seven catapult centres are set to become the place for academics who want to meet and work with companies.
Over the coming years, it’s possible that only researchers with links to a catapult centre will win certain types of grant from the Technology Strategy Board, research councils and other funders.
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